![]() |
![]() |
#1 |
Ron Paul 4 EVA
Posts: 152,467
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Have DiBiase and Rhodes actually done anything? *minor spoilers*
I mean, I know that wasn't the big threat of Monday Night, but does the threat of them walking actually mean anything? I mean, I could see WWE (Onscreen) worrying about the threat of larger names like JBL or Michaels or even Kane walking, but have these guys, you know....Done anything that would merit such a threat (onscreen)?
![]() --John Rogers |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#2 |
Planet Races The Moon
Posts: 2,376
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I've been told they have potential. If you want to count that it's up to you.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#3 |
Pelvic Sorcerer
Posts: 64,762
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Well with the smallest roster in years, Raw would be down 3 more wrestlers...
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4 |
Da Gif/Pic Pimp
Posts: 13,913
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
If Orton is saying they are worth something...I expect something big soon.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#5 |
Pelvic Sorcerer
Posts: 64,762
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Rhodes is a 3 time tag champ, and DiBiase is a 2 time tag champ, that is something, right?
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#6 |
Da Gif/Pic Pimp
Posts: 13,913
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
True but you know what I mean...the BIG picture.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#7 |
Pelvic Sorcerer
Posts: 64,762
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Who has done anything lately besides Orton?
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#8 |
Ron Paul 4 EVA
Posts: 152,467
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#9 |
Alive
Posts: 13,683
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#10 |
A Property of Matter
Posts: 25,543
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
They distracted HHH long enough for Orton to eliminate him from the Rumble. Cody had a backstage segment with Goldust, the focus of which seemed to be the recently available Best of Starrcade DVD. That is all I can think of.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#11 |
Voices in my Head
Posts: 742
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Well, yes they are worth a lot. Rhodes and Dibiase---Key words.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#12 |
Don't dare me, dude!
Posts: 6
![]() |
I don't think that Rhodes and DiBiase are future WWE Champions, but I could see them being Intercontinental Champions.
I would really like to see a feud of CM Punk and Kofi Kingston vs. "Priceless" I know that they had a match for the belts, but that was it. I think it would make a very interesting feud. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#13 |
Stupid Sexy Flanders
Posts: 1,728
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I think the problem is that Orton just assumed we thought they were amazing because they're associated with him and second-gen wrestlers. Fine...that's kind of the gimmick of the stable. He could've made them look better by saying that if Stephanie fired him, she'd be losing out on three of the final four wrestlers in the Rumble, or the three wrestlers from Raw that lasted the longest, or whatever. I do agree it's a pretty lame threat when neither has ever held a singles belt, though.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#14 |
Doin' It Right
Posts: 35,460
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Well Stephanie didn't dismiss the threat, so I'm guessing she agrees that they're a commodity. In kayfabe, of course.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#15 |
Doin' It Right
Posts: 35,460
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I'm a big fan of Priceless though.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#16 |
A Property of Matter
Posts: 25,543
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I do not like their new theme.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#17 |
Posts: 1,398
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#18 |
Get a poke on
Posts: 35,234
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I don't like any new themes
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#19 |
Feeling Oof-y
Posts: 17,151
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I think it's all about implication.
Although Orton didn't state as much he was basically saying "You'll be losing two of the youngest guys on the roster. Two guys that have wrestling in their blood. Two guys that have the potential to be the future of WWE". Perhaps if he'd actually said that it might have hammered the point home a little better. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#20 |
Ron Paul 4 EVA
Posts: 152,467
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#21 | |
Ron Paul 4 EVA
Posts: 152,467
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Quote:
I'm sure WWE thinks they have more value, or they wouldn't be pushing them as Orton's flunkies, but damn, fthey're still flunkies. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#22 |
Pelvic Sorcerer
Posts: 64,762
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Scotty 2 Hotty has wrestling lineage?
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#23 |
Stupid Sexy Flanders
Posts: 1,728
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
At least 2 Cool was over as a tag team. Priceless still gets no reaction when they're not backing up Orton.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#24 |
Pelvic Sorcerer
Posts: 64,762
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
That is because DiBiase sucks the life out of the Arena. Rhodes is ok as a lacky, but DiBiase sucks.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#25 |
That's Not My Name
Posts: 9,086
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#26 | |
Smitten for Kittens
Posts: 3,814
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Quote:
When ya big thtar bound, it'th a long hard ride. I'ma' drink me thome Mella' Yella'. Kingth and queenth, frankth, and tho forth. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#27 |
Posts: 1,398
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#28 |
Posts: 1,398
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I think Cody has been a good heel, but I dont see him as much more than a a sidekick. He is just so non threatening looking.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#29 |
The Great Pink Hope
Posts: 8,817
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Maybe because 50% of the crowd aren't old enough to know, let alone to have seen, DiBiase's old man. So, just because they're being told this guy is a son of a legend, doesn't mean they're going to go nuts for him.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#30 |
EATER OF HOT POCKETS
Posts: 14,340
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I see it this way- Rhodes and DiBiase aren't there to actually do anything. They're there so that Orton can look like a leader, and so that they can learn up close. Being sons of legends, they can be banked on to be in it long-term. If they did anything specific, they'd get too much attention, and probably split up and turned face prematurely. Think of it this way - if Orton had stood by and done nothing a bit more, he might not have spent so much time spinning his wheels post-Evolution.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#31 | |
Ron Paul 4 EVA
Posts: 152,467
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Grandmaster Sexay and Rikishi do.
Quote:
Or, we could be more realistic and say that if he hadn't shat in bags, done drugs, and been an all around douchebag, he might not have spent so much time spinning his wheels post-evolution. His "doing nothing" had little to do with his lack of a place. He had everything, and he shat it away. Well, he fake-shat it away. You get the point. That is SO not a function of time spent, and more a function of him being a stupid motherfucker who thinks WWE owes him, and WWE being stupid motherfuckers who won't learn. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#32 |
"Ask him!"
Posts: 10,072
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Vince knows that if he lets them walk then Russo will immediately put the TNA Title on them in less than 2 months, feature them in overbooked storylines, and kill their careers.
He is actually looking out for these young bucks. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#33 |
Ron Paul 4 EVA
Posts: 152,467
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Too Shay.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#34 |
Pelvic Sorcerer
Posts: 64,762
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#35 |
Ron Paul 4 EVA
Posts: 152,467
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
So when I said "Two" and "including Rikishi," you had trouble because....
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#36 |
Pelvic Sorcerer
Posts: 64,762
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Cause I'm dumb and was thinking you meant 2 Cool had wrestling linage, and so did Rikishi. Like I said, I'm, dumb.
Last edited by BigDaddyCool; 01-28-2009 at 10:20 AM. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#37 |
Ron Paul 4 EVA
Posts: 152,467
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
You should have gone the Noid route. "Of course I said something stupid. That's the point!"
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#38 |
"Ask him!"
Posts: 10,072
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stop poking the Noid.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#39 |
Ron Paul 4 EVA
Posts: 152,467
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
It's a hard habit to break.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#40 |
Doin' It Right
Posts: 35,460
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
|
![]() |
![]() |